Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,876, Jonathan Gaylord, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Gaylord, Jonathan
S. 44,876
CONTENTS

Informed
July 19. 1821
that he could not be reinstated. sent to
D. Crier
Sept 16 1818 sent to William Helm Esq; Addison, Steuben Co. N. York
(2,829)
New-York.
Jonathan Gaylord, priv. Connecticut line - Col. Webb
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York - at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. of Sept. 1818. and sent to William Helm, Esq; Addison, Steuben Co. N. York.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.  $: 37.87.    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. March  48 -    4 mo. \frac{22}{30} 1819.  $: 85.87.  
Webb
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 Years
Master 215 V. 1818
Decision confirmed by Secy of War 19 Feb. 1821 - Addison, Steuben Co. N. York.

Jonathan Gaylord
a man of this name in Col. Butler's regt. Benton's Comp. Sch. Co. Died at ...
Admitted
Comm. Line
13. April, 1818.
Wm. H. Helm, Esq.; Addison, Steuben Co.: N.Y.

State of New York Steuben County } ss
Jonathan Gaylord of the Town of Addison in the County of Steuben and State of New York being duly sworn before me William Helm one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County doth depose and say, that about three years previous to the conclusion of the revolutionary war (but the particular month or year this deponent does not now recollect,) he enlisted for the term of three years as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Edward Tipton in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Webb belonging to the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment. That he served in the said Company & Regiment from the time of such enlistment until some time in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty two when he was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Huntington of the said line. That afterwards and some time in the year aforesaid he received a discharge from the said service which said discharge was signed by General Henry Knox, that his said discharge has since been burnt by accident. That he does not recollect the number of either of the said Regiments nor the exact times of entering or leaving the said service, but that he served as a private soldier in the said line under his said enlistment

for the term of three years; And that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support -
Sworn to this 13 th day of } April 1818-
Jonathan Gaylord
before me
Wm Helm
Steuben County } State of New York } ss- I William Helm one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Steuben and State of New York do hereby cer- tify that it appears to my satisfaction that Jonathan Gaylord named in the preceding affidavit, served as a private soldier in the Revolution against the common enemy at the time and in manner stated in the said affidavit. As witness my hand this thirteenth day of April A. D. 1818- Wm Helm
Steuben County } State of New York } ss- I John Metcalfe Clerk of the County of Steuben in the State of New York do hereby certify that William Helm whose signature appears to the

preceding affidavit and certificate is now one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Steuben and State of New York and duly commissioned as such Given under my hand and the seal of my office this thirteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
John Metcalfe

I Thomas M. Burney first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Steuben in the state of New York do certify that I am satisfied that Jonathan Gaylord (the person named in the annexed affidavit and certificate) is now, and was at the date of said affidavit and certificate, in reduced circumstances and actually did at that time and still does stand in need of the assistance of his country for support Dated 17 th August 1818-
Thos. M. Burney
State of New York Steuben County ss-
I Edward Howell
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Steuben in the state of New- York do certify that Thomas M. Burney whose signature appears to the preceding certificate is now the first Judge of said Court of Common Pleas and duly commissioned & qualified as such. And that William Helm who was a Judge of said Court, at the time the annexed proceedings were had before him, has since been removed from said office of Judge -
Given under my hand and the Seal of my office this 17 th day of August A. D. 1818- E. Howell

Jonathan Gaylord Jr.
EPD
2829 Not Entitled
24 Sep 18
Not Entitled

State of New York County of Steubens ss: On this 20 th day of June 1820, personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, Jonathan Paylord aged seventy four years, Resident in the Town of Addison in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, that I served in Captain Chipmans Company in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Charles Webb, of the Connecticut line on the Continental establish- ment, that I was attached to Col. Ebenezer Huntington's Regiment in said line, before I was discharged from said Service, reference to my original affidavit on file in the office of the Secretary of War, bearing date on the thirteenth day of April 1818, and made in order to obtain the provision of the act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818; entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War", will more fully appear; that I have obtained a pension Certificate under said act of Congress, bearing date on the 24 th day of September 1818; and which is numbered 2,829- and I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons en- gaged in the land and naval service of the

United States in the Revolutionary War", signed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contract, or debts due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed -
Schedule.
Real Estate I have none whatever
(Personal Estate) one small flock of sheep - 2 Cows, 1 Two year old heifer, 1 yearling steer, 2 calves, 1 old shorn sheep worth about ten dollars, 1. Same two year old cow, Eleven sheep & 3 or 4 lambs, one plough & one drag - one grass scythe, 2 pails, 1 five pail kettle, 1 dinner pot, 1 Tea Kettle, 1 Shider, 4 or 5 earthen plates, 3 or 4 Tea cups and saucers, 2 or three great bowls (Earthen) 3 or 4 old knives & forks, 4 Spoons; I have no debts due to me, I am indebted to different persons in the County of Herkshire about sixty five dollars, My family at present consists of four persons besides myself, as follows; My wife Betsey aged fifty eight or nine years - she has totally lost the use of her left hand by a palsy, and in consequence thereof, is unable to do any thing of any consequence towards her support, Andrew Crowel my wife's son by her former husband, aged twenty three years or twenty four years and is able to earn his support at present, though for some years past has been very much out of health - Latha Gaylord

My Son aged nineteen years, about able to earn his support, and Lina Thomas a bastard Child that was given to my wife, aged about thirteen and is about one half able to earn her support. My occupation is that of a farmer, but from old age and debility, and a settled Rheumatic complaint in my knee and hip, I am unable to perform one half of a common man's labour, I have no income, excepting my aforesaid pension -
Sworn to & declared on this 20 th day of June 1820 }
Jonathan Gaylord
Howell Clark of Steuben Count. Pleas. }
Steuben County ss. I, Edward Howell, clerk of the Clerk's office of the County of Steuben, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one hundred & forty four dollars, & seven ty five Cents - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 6 th day of July 1820 Howell Clark

Ms. A
Conn
Mar 12, 1908 Chas C. Adams Cromwell
44 876
INVALID.
Rev
Rev
File No. 44,876
Jonathan Gaylord
Rev. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York. Nathaniel Gaylord, Witness. Feb 3 years.
Aged 72 years, by occupation a Farmer but unable to work on account of old age and rheumatic complaints. Wife aged 58 years, totally lost the use of her left hand, and in consequence is unable to contribute to his support. One son of his wife by a former husband aged 14 years, is in good health but able to support himself. One daughter aged 19 years able to support herself. Also a child given to his wife aged 7 years in good health.
Real Estate, none.
Personal D r . as follows.
40 acres of Oats 2 Rows 1 2 year old Heifer 1 Steer Cows, 1 Mares 1 Colt 11 Sheep 3 or 4 Lambs House, Household and kitchen furniture & farming utensils, in all valued at $144.75. He states that he is indebted to sundry persons in Clinton County to the amount of $55.
Restored Apr. 15 th 1823.
He has no debts due to him. Application for restoration rejected 18. February 1822. — " —
In his affidavit dated 17 Oct 1820 he states that since making his first schedule he has lost his oldest son, and during his sickness he was at a considerable expense in part he is now indebted and that his wife is only a boarder in his family and that he is not entitled nor does he receive any assistance from him. That the Oats and Mares mentioned in his first schedule was purchased with his pension money. He also states that he has a confirmed aneurysm in his breast, which he omitted stating in his first schedule. He gives no account of his remaining property, but states that all he has, if he is not paid on the pension roll will not be sufficient to pay his debts.
D. Dugan. Esq. Clerk. New York

no Real Estate -
personal property $14475 -
74 yrs old - farmer - feeble - served three years -
wife 58 - totally lost the use of her left arm - children
Andrew - 23 - well - Zatha 19 - well - Lena 3 - well -
Report to Hon. D. C. Cough, who says, from personal knowledge, the pen. is miserably poor

Jonathan Paylor's affidavits Copy

State of New-York
Steuben County ss. On this 17 th day of October 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for said County Jonathan Gaylord, being the same Jonathan Gaylord, whose schedule of property was made out before said court on the 20 th June last, who being first sworn according to law, makes the following supplementary declaration - That Andrew Crowel whose name was mentioned in my said schedule as constituting part of my family, is only a boarder in my house, that I am not entitled to, nor do I receive any aid or assistance from him for my support - That the oxen mentioned in my said schedule was redeemed by my pension money & the mare also purchased by my said pension money - That since my said schedule was made out as aforesaid, my son Latha Gaylord mentioned therein has died, and that during his sickness, I had necessarily to expend considerable money, & which I am now in part in debt, and that what property I have will not, if I am not continued on the pension roll, pay my debts - That I am in absolute need & unable to support myself without private or public charity - and the said Jonathan Gaylord further states, under oath, that he has a confirmed rupture or burst so called which he omitted to state in his former declaration -
sworn to and declared on the 17 th day of October 1820 - before me
Wm. H. Bull Dep. Clerk " " " of Steuben Court. pleas
Jonathan Gaylord

State of New York Steuben County 3 ds : We John D. Higgins and Simpson Ellas, prac- ticing Physicians in said County, do Certify that we have examined Jonathan Gaylord, late a Revolutionary pen- sioner, that he has an Inguinal Rupture which in our opinion, independent of his old age, renders him unable to labor. except in a small degree —
Second Subscribed This 18 th Oct. 1820 before me
John D. Higgins Simpson Ellas
Physicians & Surgeons
Henry Welles J.P.
I certify that the above named are credible witnesses - Oct 18. 1820.
Henry Welles J.P.
Steuben County Clerk's office 3 ds : I do hereby certify that the above & within affidavits, are true copies of the original affidavits, now on file in the office of the clerk of the County of Steuben — and I do further certify, that Henry Welles, before whom the above affidavits were taken, was at the time of taking the same, one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County, duly commissioned and sworn —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 24 th day of November 1820. —
Y. M. A. Bull Dep. Clk. " " "

In the matter of Jonathan Gaylord

State of New York } On this seventeenth day of June one thousand Steuben County ss } eight hundred and twenty three personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas in & for the said County of Steuben (being a court of record by statute and by proceeding according to the course of common law) Jonathan Gaylord resident in said county aged seventy seven years last September who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of the 18 th March 1818, the 1 st of May 1820 & 1 st of March 1823 that he the said Jonathan Gaylord enlisted for the term of three years for what was called the last three years service some time in or about the month of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine as he thinks in the State of Connecticut, in the company commanded by Captain Chipman in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Webb of the Connecticut line on the continental establishment, and that I was attached to Ebenezer Huntington's Regiment in said line before I was discharged from said service that I continued to serve in said corps until a few months before the expiration of the three years when I was discharged from the said service in the State of New York And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred & eighteen and I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war) passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property -

Former schedule and the changes that have been made
Real estate none
Personal estate - One small yoke of oxen which I have since sold to Jacob Crowel for the sum of sixty dollars which has been disposed of for my maintenance - 2 Cows one of which I now own and the other I slaughtered in Autumn 1821 - One heifer which is now a Cow and I own - One steer which I sold to Jacob Correll for about thirteen dollars - One old mare which I sold to Jacob Crowel at the same time with the oxen for about fourteen dollars in County orders in Pennsylvania - eleven sheep I now - One plough and one drag both both worn out - one grass scythe & 2 worn out - one pail kettle & one pot now have both cracked - One tea kettle now have - One spider broken - 4 or 5 earthen plates all broken - 3 or 4 tea cups & saucers all broken - 2 or 3 quart earthen bowls all broken - 3 or 4 old knives & forks worn out -
Schedule of present property.
to real estate.
Personal 2 Cows - 1 year old heifer - 2 Calves - eleven sheep - no household furniture but necessary beds & clothing for my family (which consists of myself & wife & a girl seventeen years old - I am now indebted to Doct. Parker $8 - also to Doct. Brown residing at Wilksburgh in Pennsylvania $12 - also to Gilbert Higgins $4 - and several other small debts -
Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 17 th
Jonathan Gaylord
day of June 1823 before me
John Metcalfe Clerk of Steuben County
  2 Cows $24.   1 Year old heifer 4.50   2 Calves 2.   11 Sheep 11.   Bed & bedding 20. 

State of New York } On the twentieth day of June one thousand Steuben County ss } eight hundred and twenty three personally appeared in open court of the court of common pleas above mentioned Ziba A. Leland an Attorney at law of the said court and after being duly sworn saith he made out the above declaration of Jonathan Gaylord and when he made out the same the said Gaylord noted his occupation was that of a farmer & that from old age & debility & a rheumatic complaint in his hip & knee rendered him unable to perform labor as an able man & that he affirmed to this deponent to be lame - he also stated that his wife was above sixty years old & that she had lost the use of left hand from a felon on it and that the girl one of his family in his declaration mentioned has been subject to sickness - which statements the said Gaylord made for the purpose of having this deponent insert them in his above declaration but were omitted by this deponent through mistake which he did not discover until the said Gaylord had left the said court & gone home which is more than twenty miles from where the court sits - further his attendance could not again be procured during the present sitting of this court. -
Sworn and subscribed in open court this 20 th day of June 1823 before me }
Ziba A. Leland. -
John Metcalfe Clerk of the County of Steuben
I John Metcalfe Clerk of the court of common pleas of the County of Steuben do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court as well as the foregoing affidavit of Ziba A. Leland - And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule as owned and possessed by the said Jonathan Gaylord on the day of exhibiting the said schedule to the said court to wit on the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three is Sixty one dollars and fifty cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Bath this 25 th day of June 1823. -
John Metcalfe Clerk

Bath N.Y. Nov 24. 1820
Dear Sir Jonathan
John Gaylord, Alexander Eastlick and Daniel Spike Revolutionary pensioners, have been struck of the rolls under the act of the last Session of Congress - As these are all very poor, old and infirm men and really in need I have advised them to renew their application - Jonathan Gaylord omitted a material fact in regard to two nuptures (with which he is affected) - I send you in his case the certificate of two marriages - and his own affidavit showing the loss of a son since his former application, for I understand that the Sec'y takes into consideration as well the situation of the family of the Pension as the amount of property - In the case of Alexander Eastlick, he omitted to state some debts which he owed, and in the case of Daniel Spike, part of the property in - ventored consisted of a contract for a lot of land, which constituted the principal part of the value of his schedule - This contract has been forfeited for nonpayment & he is still liable for the amount - He is not worth a cent, & is a very feeble old man - From my knowledge of these men, I can assure you that they are poor indeed, and really stand in need of "public or private charity" - I trust their cases will be re-considered - Will you please to lay the papers before the Sec'y of War & let me know the result.
very respectfully
Daniel Burn
Hon J. Rockwell

Bath 25. Nov.
FREE
Hon J Richmond member of Congress from New York City of Washington District of Columbia
Bath

To the Hon. Thomas M. Burney one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Steuben in the State of New York We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the County of Tioga in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania beg leave to State that Jonathan Gaylord a Re- -sident of the State of New York in Steuben County is living on lands adjoining the State line in our Neighborhood, who has obtained a Pension as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War under under the Act of Congress of the 18. of March 1818 and Received it to the 1 st of March 1820 But by the Supplementary act of the first of May 1820 he was Struck off the Pension -list Roll in consequence (as is Supposed) of his Ignorantly misrepresenting his family and Situation, his first application for a Pen- -sion was made in Bath Steuben County near- -ly forty miles from from his place of Residence and being called on unexpectedly to make out the number of his family and Schedule of his Property &c. he inserted the name of Andrew Crowl his Step Son aged 24 Years as one of his family who was only a boarder in his house, and Zathu Gaylord his only son aged 18 Years who was the only Person from which he could expect Support in his decli- -ning Years died on the 24. of Sept last which has blasted all his future Expectations, and in addition to this some Part of his Property inven- -toried was Purchased with his Pension money, and after Paying his honest debts and Doctors Bills &c. (over)

(Brot over) and taking into consideration Mr Gaylord's Bodily Infirmities and his aged wife in a measure los- -ing the use of her Right hand must in our Opinions Render it impossible for them to Support themselves long, and must soon become Subjects of Public or Private Charity Elkland Oct r 14. 1820. 9
Cyprian Wright
John Campbell
Amasa Cullen
Jaich. Hammore
Myriel Blanchard
James Kyon
James Kyon
Benjamin Folds
Samuel Carpenter
James Oakley
John Cook
Simon Oakley
Robert G. Williams
Amariah Hammond
Shenser Phillips

In the case of Jonathan Goyd an applicant for a renewal of pension, I can freely say from my own personal knowledge that he is miserably poor & afflicted with a rupture and am well persuaded that he cannot support himself.
Daniel Cramer
Washington City May 19. 1821
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Mr Bal

Cromwell, Conn.
9 Feb. 1904.
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.,
Sir: - I have the honor to request the record of Jonathan Gaylord, a Rev. pensioner, who served in Connecticut and who was residing in Norfolk in 1878 when he obtained his pension - For use in my historical work
Very truly Yours, Charles Collett Hemenway